Creator of artificial diamond at GE Niskayuna lab dies at 88

H. Tracy Hall, who with three other researchers created the first artificial diamond at the General Electric Research Laboratory in Niskayuna, has died, according to The Washington Post. He was 88 and lived in Provo, Utah.

Hall accomplished the diamond fete in late 1954. His success was originally reported in the Feb. 15, 1955 New York Times. Hall worked in what is known as the “diamond mine” at the Global Research Center. The Washington Post report is here.